Updated June 09, 2024 by the ABC13 Data Team
Updated June 09, 2024 by the ABC13 Data Team

ABC13’s data team is tracking crime and safety across Houston and in your neighborhood.
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Sexual Assaults
1,878

Last 12 months
Through April 30

Average Sexual Assaults
1,734

Yearly average
2020 to 2023

Sexual Assault Rate
81.6

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Sexual Assault Rate
75.3

Per 100,000 people
2020 to 2023


Sexual assaults over the last 12 months are up 8.3% compared to the annual average over the last four years, according to the latest data available from the Houston Police Department.

The city averaged 36 sexual assaults a week over the last 12 months. In 2020, that number was 33 a week.

A closer look at Houston sexual assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2020 through April 30.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.